Easy Ways to Restore iOS 7 Backup on iOS 8 iPhone

Yes, You Can Restore iOS 7 Backup on iOS 8 or on iOS 8.1

"I have an iPhone 4 with iOS 7.1.2. Now I bought an iPhone 5 with the new iOS 8 and wanted to transfer old data to the new one - but iTunes says that the iOS 7 backup is not compatible to the new iOS 8."

"Can I restore iOS 7 backup after iOS 8 update? How do I restore an iOS 7 backup to my iPad after iOS 8 installed?"

"iOS 8 still restoring from iCloud backup after 48 hours, the iCloud backup's performed before iOS 8 upgrade."

"How to restore an iPhone 5s iOS 7 backup to a new iPhone 6?"

Just like the issue that iPhone will not restore from iTunes backup after iOS 7 update, you may get into these troubles after iOS 8 update and want to restore from old backup. When connecting to iTunes, iTunes would say the iOS 7 backup is not compatible with the new iOS 8 device; while restoring from iCloud backup after over 24 and even 48, 72 hours, it is still in the "Restoring from iCloud Backup" state and seems no ending. How to successfully and quickly restore an old iOS 7 backup to the new iOS 8 becomes a difficult problem to most of you, but if you try iPhone Data Recovery, which is the professional data recovery tool for iOS 8, iOS 8.1 and iOS 7, things get easily done.

With this powerful iPhone backup restore software, you can easily restore iOS 8 or iOS 8.1 data from old iOS 7 backup (including iOS 7.1.2 backup, iOS 7.1 backup and more). It enables you to quickly recover data from iTunes and iCloud backup, and even retrieve data without backup.

How to Restore iOS 8 Data from iOS 7 Backup on Your iPhone

Download and install iPhone Data Recovery on your computer (Windows 8.1/8/7/XP/Vista) and you can start to perform iOS 8 data recovery from iOS 7 backup (including iTunes backup and iCloud backup). You can get back all data on your iOS 8 iPhone 6, 6 Plus, iPhone 5S/5C/5/4S, and data including photos, messages, notes, contacts, videos, call history, bookmarks, documents and any other files. If you have a Mac on OS X Yosemite 10.10, Mavericks 10.9, 10.8, 10.7, go to the Mac version iPhone Data Recovery for Mac.

If you want to restore iOS 8.1 data from iOS 7 backup, try the same steps.

Part 1. Recover iOS 8 Data from iOS 7 Backup - from iTunes Backup

• 1. Run iPhone Data Recovery on your computer. Select the iTunes symbol on the top of the software, and then you are in "Recover Data from iTunes Backup File".
• 2. iPhone Data Recovery will automatically detect all your iTunes backup files. Select the iOS 7 backup file from which you want to restore data, and click on "Start Scan.
  
  
• 3. Preview all the data from the backup. Select the data you want an click on "Recover".
  
  

Part 2. Restore iOS 7 Backup to iOS 8 iPhone - from iCloud Backup

• 1. Run iPhone Data Recovery on your PC and click on the iCloud symbol at the top. You are in "Recover Data from iCloud Backup File".
• 2. Sign into your iCloud account. iPhone Data Recovery will never keep a record of your account and never leak your account information & data.
  
  
• 3. Select the iOS 7 backup to download and scan. Then you can freely restore all the backup files.
  
  

iPhone Data Recovery can also help to recover all deleted, lost data from iPhone without backup. Have a free try if you are in need.

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